Tommy Tiernan - Comedic Style

Comedic Style

When he started out he had an ambition to be like Lenny Bruce. He doesn't regard himself as being, like Lenny Bruce, a comedian with a message. Tommy Tiernan admits that his sense of humour is controversial, but claims that it is based on instinct and denies there is any malice or meanness in it.

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